SSC PYQTier 1 2025

SSC CGL – Combined Graduate Level Examination · Question 80

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: That several civic bodies have revived obsolete regulations (1)/ to curb public criticism does not only indicate administrative expediency (2)/ but also weakens the democratic spirit (3)/ that those provisions were intended to safeguard. (4)

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
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Answer: (B) (2)

Explanation

Parallel with 'but also weakens': 'not only indicates'.